Who We Are

Goal: To enhance human capital development among the disadvantaged youth in Uganda

Vision: "A transformed society where young people live a good quality of life free from exploitation"

Mission: To enhance socioeconomic transformation of disadvantaged young people through skills development for self-reliance.

Target group: Youth aged 10-24years who are vulnerable to exploitation and consequently to HIV/AIDS specifically:• Children commercially sexually exploited, victims of trafficking and other worst forms of Child Labour • Slum youth• Street children • Youth from poor families

Areas of operation:

UYDEL runs a vocational skills and rehabilitation centre at Masooli in Nangabo Division, two drop-in-centres in Rubaga division at Nabulaggala of Kampala city, and in Mukono district, Mukono Town Council division in Kitega. The drop-in centers work closely with mobile outreach posts in Kamwokya-Church area zone, Kalerwe-Dobbi Zone, Bwaise-Bokasa zone, Nateete-Kajjumbi Zone, and Makindye-Mubaraka Zone for recruitment, assessment vocational skills training and rehabilitation of the young people.

Strategic Priorities

Through the strategic analysis, a number of priority areas were identified which also form the core program areas and these include:

1. Key Result Area 1: Institutional Capacity Development 2. Key Result Area 2: Advocacy and Networking 3. Key Result Area 3: Coordination 4. Key Result Area 4: Programming

The strategic priorities and objectives for the five year period are:

Program area 1: Institutional capacity building

Strategic Objective 1: To strengthen the institutional capacity of the UYDEL secretariat